New Zealand, eh? Lovely country, full of lunatics...
I arrived on Tuesday, checked into my hotel and met up with a friend who's living over here. By nine that night, every time my eyes closed I was in serious danger of falling asleep right there and then. Only the fact that my luggage had been misplaced somewhere between Dublin and Auckland kept me from turning in early. It's not exactly a nice feeling, wondering if you're ever going to see your luggage again. You start thinking about all the clothes you packed, about the toothbrush, about the phone charger you might never see again...
I went to bed, then was woken at 2 AM by reception- my luggage had arrived. They delivered it to my room and I wept manly tears of joy. Or, y'know, I shrugged and mumbled a thank you and went back to bed. Whichever.
It's now Friday night, and tomorrow is my last day in New Zealand. It's been astonishingly good so far. Every school I've been to has been great- really enthusiastic people, ready to have a laugh. Two schools even did a welcoming Haka-type thing, which was awesomely cool.
The public signings have been great too. This afternoon I did one in the Children's Bookshop in Christchurch, where I met a load of readers, including Jordan, a girl who had kept me updated about her status after the recent earthquakes. It's always nice to meet people I only know online, and she had many, MANY questions to ask.
Tomorrow is my last day in NZ, and so the first chunk of my tour will be over. I've really enjoyed my few days here- this was a great way to kick off the tour.
EDIT:
I've just read over what I've just written, and it's all so sickeningly POSITIVE and nice. Bah humbug! There needs to be some grouchy stuff in here in order to be genuine- so I'll just say that I STILL haven't been able to see Katie Taylor winning the gold in boxing, and I am NOT happy about that. I can't even find it on YouTube.
Bah YouTube! Bah!
Every single Irish Minion knows who Katie Taylor is, and they're as proud of her as I am. What a girl.
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Ive had a concussion
since i was four!
*Laughs*
*kick your ribs into splinters, listens contendedly as they pucture your organs*
ALSO, IT'S:
"Cat, you can't win this fight!"
i can't do what?
No, I'm quoting someone.
*Shatters yout skull and removes all the skin on your arms*
burt i'm on the roof, 10 floors up, and you're on the ground with a brokn nose. Keep up!
But you're to far away to reach me!
I dedicate this page to White Castles because they got the BEST milkshakes. I also dedicate to Em Sam NJ and Dark my Skype buddies. Derek's ego too. He needs to get his Irish self on
so i'm fine.
Random Comments, "That's still incorrect. It would be:
"You can't win this fight!" -- Cat.
Unless you're using it in speech, which would be:
"She said "You can't win this fight!""
*wonders in and trips over stuff*
*raises glass*
TO ME
*pulls out a crossbow and shoots Cat through her ears, pauses, and asks himself "why am i attacking cat, anyway? oh, well. guess I'll ever know"*
Cat didn't say it!
NJ- like Cat's broken body.
Hello small Mortals
SamE, I'm well aware of the rules of grammar.
*feels special that she is dedicated to*
HEAR HEAR *raises a glass*
Thank you Zaf!! *hugs*
@Random Comments
*pulls out a crossbow and shoots Cat through her ears[.] (P)auses, and asks himself(,) "(W)hy am (I) attacking (C)at, anyway? (O)h, well. (G)uess I'll ever know(.)"*
What do I need a nose for?
*Flies out of the way, Removes your soul into a soul catcher*
I MET DEREK LANDY!!! :D YEA IM FROM NZ AND HE SIGNED ALL OF MY BOOKS HE IS FUNNY AND NICE!! THANKYOU SOOO MUCH FOR MAKING MY YEAR!!!!
Nixion, what does that make YOU?
Random Comments, it seems you aren't.
NIXXXX!!!!!!!!*hugs*
stop tormenting us!!!!
Hiya Nixon!
EVERYONE WHO MEETS DEREK MUST TELL US WHAT HE SAYS FOR THE SAKE OF AMERIMINIONS
It makes me an awesome immortal
Do you want me to start pointing out YOUR errors? I'm hurriedly writing comments on a blog, trying to stay alive, and you're questioning my GRAMMAR?
*Takes soul catcher, has my lizard chew on it*
Im a Necromancer
We don't have grammar errors, RC
HEY NIX!!
Okay, then. All I needed, Nixion. We'll see how this goes in 100 years.
When you're dead.
Or maybe undead.
Bwahahahahahaha
Random Comments:
I'm not questioning, I'm stating. Because, seriously, you are a joke. So, why don't you hope on your little My Little Pony over there and flap your way back Incorrectland?
But you're all awesome as well
Have a couple of million
*gives couple of million*
Your grammar is
pretty rubish.
Or was,
before I began
feeding you
to a lizard.
I wasn't speaking to you. Cat, soul catchers don't work on sorcerers, just Remnants!
Yo, SamE, calm down
*rubbish
*in enjoying the whole shebang*
SamE, what is your problem?
Why wouldn't
they?
Im scared
Soul catches can also catch an individual soul from when it's leaving the body of a dead person and stops it returning to the stream (of death and life)
Random Comments, your grammar, obviously. I've made this abundantly clear.
*intentionally pretty rubbish
Fighting for my life while writing comments on a blog! I don't have time to proofread or write properly. And its fun, too.
He is so nice - I was second in line and he signed all of my books took time to talk even though there was a huge line behind me (What else do you expect?) and OMG I nearly fainted/cried of happiness. I'm surprised there hasn't been a death already XD
*sits on the sofa and starts reading The Mortal Instruments*
Derek's vampires are better but I like Cassie's ones as well.
Why would it be like that?
I need to
find my
Derek. And who
is to say
that death
and life is one
as a stream?
Nixion-but I'm not dying yet!
Cat- because skulduggery and all the normal-ish characters would be stuck, too.
It says in Death Bringer
Ih i need to meet this damned Golden God
AWSHITE I missed 666...
RC got it :D
Hehehee look at my profile pic!!!
Random Comments, hold that downtown express all the way up. You've been arguing your grammar is perfect, and you've been able to reply to me fairly quick with okay grammar.
I see contractions.
oh CAT got it :P
Tehehe I LOVE THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS/INFERNAL DEVICES!!!
It doesnt
explain fully,,,
DEREK!!!
No, SamE, my grammar and intentional misuse of it is MY problem. Besides, there's no reason to bring My Little Pony into it. This is the only place where my grammar doesn't always have to be (and always is) perfect, and I'm making use of it. Also, until recently, I was FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE!
Quickly, SamE
I prefer the Infernal Devices! I just like Tessa better and Will!!
An I just love Magnus! He is my favourite character throughout!!
What doesn't explain fully?
chant his name he'll be nice
GTG NOW BYEEEE (sniff sniff nobody actually said HI to me . . . . ) :'(
Bye Freak! Sorry I didn't say hi to you, I was listening to everything you said though
Bye Llama!!! Sorry!!! *hug*
Random Comments . . . this a blog. This is not a death arena, a town, or real. This is virtual. In case you can't comprehend what I'm saying, this is not real.
And also, considering how alike you are to Dragona's OCs, I wouldn't worry about getting hurt any time soon.
Nixion, I'm not denying it, just pointing out that even with your statement (I haven't, if you'll remember, read Death Bringer yet)it wouldn't work on me. I WAN"T DYING YET, EITHER!
*WASN'T
*chuckles*
SamE, your
grammar isn't perfect
either.
It was supposed to be Quickly, not quick.
SamE, I am well aware that this is not real, but your rudeness IS. And an attempt to insult me doesn't help you at all.
Cat, ex-squeeze me?
Grammar Nazi
Thanks, Cat. I'm glad to see you stopped killing me.
*is laughing her arse off*
I'm not saying it would work on you, I'm just saying it doesn't only work on remants
"you've been able to reply to me fairly quick with okay grammar."
And besides, this all started because YOU misread a comment.
Random Comments, yeah, correcting someone's grammar in hope that a world without 'u' and 'omg' and 'i'm' is definitely rude.
And I agreed with you, Nixion.
That's alright Nix
*hugs Adrasdos back*
Okay bye again!!
Excuse you?
You're being stiff and
unrelenting as Osmium
with everyone here-
why should I treat you
any differently?
*sits in tree*
Grammar Nazi- Fuhrer English teacher xD
Because I definitely use "U" and "OMG." The insults are rude.
Cat, because I'm amazing?
I'm a grammar
freak, but this
is a blog. And
these are humans.
No offense,
but Humans arent the smartest creatures
in the world.
Adra, stop laughing
Everyone, just stop. A pointless argument, so why waste your time typing it up? Just stop
He would be a bad English teacher, in my opinion.
Random Comments, insults tend to be rude.
You're amazing?
You're a hypocrite, is what you are.
Wait... there's a smarter thing on earth???? 0_0
... Hang on, if Humans aren't the smartest cretures in this world, then what is?
Your argument is that "Grammar must be perfect on a blog, but not when its me, because I'm awesome?" Really?
EVERYONE SHUT UP
Monkeys
You're all so mean! This is a form of cyber-bullying! I'm going to make a formal complaint to the owner of this blog. You'll all be hearing from my lawyer.
Good day!
DEREK~
We - as in me and Amanda - were wondering if Skulduggery's fake face got a scratch, would it bleed? And would it fix itself?
I agree with Nix
VALKYRIE!!!!!! *tackle hugs*
*punches in face* HOW ARE YOU????
I said that you were rude and your response was "yeah, correcting someone's grammar in hope that a world without 'u' and 'omg' and 'i'm' is definitely rude" so clearly you are unable to comprehend without a long explanation.
I'm sorry, Nixion.
I really am.
one moment...
Please, stop the pointless argument
STOP IT! SamE is a hypocrite, but you're really bothering Nixion.
Did you seriously just say that WE were cyber-bullying YOU? You're the one who's been on the offensive here.
*looks up from her book- perched on her lap- and looks at everyone, shrugs and continues reading*
*decides she wants a nice cup of tea*
Would anyone else like a cup of tea? It's Nambari!!
Val!!! I escaped!!!
*sighs* Are you guys seriously arguing about grammar? That's ridiculous, and possibly one of the dumbest thing I have ever witnessed here.
Hi, guys! ^.^
I think he's done, so the argument has been ended. Nixion, you may now proceed to recover.
GEP!!!! *tackle hugs* HEYYYY
Hi Gepard Valk.
I'm sorry Nixion...
I dont know, i always feel like you dont like
me much, but I understand why,,,
I am so sorry.
Valkyrie. Pretty much my point throughout this "discussion."
*is tackle hugged* HEY!
Lol it's been forever, Gep!
And Random, you may proceed to try and be a little sorry
*pokes Adra in the eye* *pulls her eye out also*
Oops.
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.
that's not to say that dolphins are, i actually believe they arent, but there is one man's theory
HEY GEP!!
*hugs*
Cat, what would give you that idea?
But, I'm just saying, could you maybe get a profile pic? The blank space is weird
Hi Val!
Hi Gep!
Lol who are you, Adrasdos?!
For bothering you?
Of course.
For speaking to SamE?
Not at all.
Hiya everyone!!!
*explodes New Zealand*
I'm brilliant, thanks Gep!!!
NO GIVE ME MY EYE
NJ! *hugs*
NIXION :O BEEN FOREVER! *tackles*
Wait... WHO am I?
WTH GEP???
Adrasdos: I didn't ask how you were . . . I asked who you were.
Forever... that's a while...
HA! TOLD YOU I WAS IMMORTAL
Ehm... Hi Again Gepard Valk...
You probably
dont
remember me...
One minute, Nixion
WHAT THE HELL GEP.
WHAT.
THE.
HELL...
*sulks, then* idiot... :D
Nix, but it's been, like, months! >.<
It confuses my computer, but i can have it for a while.
Random, sometimes it doesn't matter who started the argument, or what it was about, or what happened. Yes, this may be rich coming from me, but it takes two to make an argument. You played a big part in the argument
Sorry, that doesn't prove it... not that I care whether you're immortal or not since I don't plan to fight you.
Ha! Cat, cool. But if it confuses your computer, never mind
Months?! How time flies when you're... doing nothing
It wasnt his fault.
I would have stopped, Nixion...
but there is so little
that you can know is right,
when you're me...
so i cant leave it behind...
Blogland change?
Yes, I know, Nixion. I'm sorry it bothered you, but i wasn't going to ignore him. you could call it a character flaw, if you wish.
I saw you for
a while before, Gepard Valk...
it was a month or so ago...
What, Zafira?
I'm not asking you to ignore him, I'm asking you to apologise
Oh, hey Kitty-Cat.
*blinks*
I apologized for bothering you and the other bloglanders, bloglandians, whatever we decided to call them, but I was unable to ignore him and don't see why I should have.
Apologise to him!
meow mix
Nix... *puts hand on shoulder* breathe
I haz to go now! Bye guys!
Bye Gep!
Bye Gep!!! *hugs*
Nixion...
Perhaps you are right
but it doesnt
matter
because if someone says
'Im sorry'
because they're told to
they aren't sorry
and it's hollow
and worse than saying nothing
Bye Gep!!
*hugs*
See you, Gepard Valk.
ADRADOS, I DON'T KNOW YOU GET OFF ME! D:
A hollow apology is better than an insult
you're so mean!!!!
*runs off, crying*
true Nix
He's gone, and caused it besides. he's the one who was being a cyberbully, I was just refuting his statements against me. He's the one who continually insulted me.
I didn't insult him!
Well, he must have been insulted for him to leave.
It takes more than one person to make an argument. You played your part in the argument, you should apologise
Is it?
A hollow apology is a lie.
You want him to Lie to him? That's what you want?
I think he recognized a lost cause, because it wasn't him bullying just one kid anymore.
Oh...
I did some of the insulting...
I still think you should apologise. He may have started the argument, but you kept it going
Do a bad thing for a good reason?
What was the good reason?
You're the one making the case.
The lie is the bad thing.
What is the good reason?
The Arguement was a bad thing.
THe good rerason was that he was a hypocrite who held himself higher than everyone else, insulting someone else because he thinks he's a god.
Are you listening?
Prove me wrong, SamE.
Actually he repeatedly put me down while I was attempting to hold a normal-ish discussion with others, and I simply refused to accept it.
To stop futher arguments is a good enough reason. And it's not a complete lie
You think, because your opinion of someone is low, you can argue with them until they leave? Your opinion is your opinion, is doesn't give you the right to treat anyone with any less then the respect you give everyone else
Uh. Guys, he left, like 150 comments ago... It no big deal XP
and was insulting people, who then stood up to him.
No, he was arguing with me. I was waiting for him to give up. seriously, why are we still talking about this?
Because it's not over until someone spologises
SOOOOO WHO IS GOING TO ARREST ME?
*blows up Ireland*
It wasn't an opinion. he said,
I'm not questioning, I'm stating. Because, seriously, you are a joke. So, why don't you hope on your little My Little Pony over there and flap your way back Incorrectland?
Even though he had a spelling error in that sentence, and an adverb error in another. and then he says
'Ex-Squeeze me?"
but he's gone, and given up cyber-bullying for the day.
*eats popcorn*
I hope he isnt preying on small children.
If you're sorry, say it. if you arent, dont.
And what's to stop the argument starting when he comes back?
Well, he *did* say good day...
O.o
So Cat, I'll just go and run over someone, but never apologise. Hmm?
uno?
nothing, but who's arguing and who's saying "I'm not going to take being insulted by you?"
and that would be *if he comes back, because I hope he won't
Would you be sorry? did you actually run them over? did they hit you with a truck first?
I didn't run over anyone he ran over me
I'll ignore him next time.
Happy?
congratulations, zafira! and now, a ded.
No Cat. If I just go and decide to kill someone, ruining his and others lives, according to you, I wouldn't even apologise
No Cat. Not happy
I deciate this page to, PEACE let there be pece damnit. Before I go all Irish on y'all. Peace is a good thing in life. Blogland is an awesome place where Derek enlightens us with the weirdest things and where we all go loco on each other for FUN. Please let us stop the arguing and move on? Life is for the alive my dear. So once again PEACE
I also dedicate the the Irish accent because its funny and i can now understand what they say xD
To Em for not arresting me *throws in lake*
He hit you with a truck first, remember?
I didn't literally or metaphorically, kill anyone. by your logic, the family of the VICTIM should apologize to the killer.
*raises glass*
HEAR HEAR DAMMIT
No, because you played a part in the argument Random! You argued back with him!
Do the Irish use y'all? I didn't know that.
YEAH IM SO AMAZING *LE EGO HAS NOW GROWN BIGGER THEN DEREK'S*
No.
That;s the bullied, who finally punched the guy in the nose
should apologize,
which
unfortunatly,
is what happens.
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